Gil and Scott are delighted to welcome Martin Wallace back to the show. Martin was first on the show on Ludology 46 - Getting Down to Brass Tacks back in 2012 with Geoff Engelstein and a very enthusiastic Ryan Sturm. In this episode, we catch up with Martin to see what he's been up to in the last 9 years.
Martin is the designer of many well-loved strategy games, like Brass, Age of Steam (and all its related games, like Railways of the World), London, A Study in Emerald, AuZtralia, and A Study in Emerald.
Technical note: Martin's recording has some dropouts in it; unfortunately, those seemed to come straight from his microphone, so there wasn't much we could do about them. We hope you enjoy the episode anyway!
SHOW NOTES
1m25s: Lords of Creation
4m31s: Gloomhaven, the North Sea Trilogy from Garphill Games, Jamey Stegmaier.
8m06s: The Exit games, and the Unlock! games
11m53s: Games Workshop, Ian Livingstone, the British Steve Jackson, the American Steve Jackson, and the Fighting Fantasy books.
16m18s: Anno 1800
20m08s: Catan, Dune Imperium
23m55s: Age of Industry
25m18s: "Canal holidays"
27m28s: The World Transplant Games
32m46s: A Study in Emerald
34m18s: Gil regrets not pushing back on this point a bit harder; he doesn’t think turning indigenous people into monsters is as effective a technique as Martin does. For a good perspective, check out Dan Thurot’s post about this on his excellent blog Space-Biff.
35m53s: Terry Pratchett and Discworld
38m41s: Martin is referring to the events of May 68 in France.
43m53s: Imperium Legends, De Vulgari Eloquentia
45m28s: Ankh: Gods of Egypt, Medina, and “zugzwang”
48m40s: Our favorite Star Wars clones: Starcrash, Battle Beyond the Stars, and a special shout-out to Fugitive Alien.
49m10s: Carcassonne
53m03s: Discworld: Ankh-Morpork, Doctor Who: The Card Game
55m13s: Disclaimer: Many of us on Ludology are pretty down on the HP series these days, due to the bigoted views of its author.
56m59s: The video game Stellaris, the fantasy series His Dark Materials, and the fantasy collection The Silmarillion.
1h00m05s: Rocketmen
1h00m57s: The humble pasty
1h03m32s: Hobo code
GameTek 275.5 - Pop-O-Matic
Ludology 257 - All About That Ace
Biography of a Board Game 256.5 - Afrikan tähti ("Star of Africa")
Ludology 256 - You're Big in Japan!
GameTek 255.5 - Global Logistics Woes
Ludology 255 - The Quiet Game
Biography of a Board Game 254.5 - Zombies!!!
Ludology 254 - Make It Count
GameTek Classic 253.5 - Knitting
Ludology 253 - Reimagined, Revamped, and Restored
Biography of a Board Game 252.5 - King of Tokyo
Ludology 252 - Crazy Rich Storytelling
GameTek Classic 251.5 - Lotteries
Ludology 251 - All in the Family
Biography of a Board Game 250.5 - El Grande
Ludology 250 - Thanks for the Emma-ries
GameTek Classic 249.5 - Battle Royale
Ludology 249 - Gaming the System
Biography of a Board Game 248.5 - Pass-out
Ludology 248 - Solo-liloquy
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